Mies in America
A profound thinker, painstaking artist, and one of the greatest architects in history, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938, when he was already in his fifties and one of the recognized masters of his profession. Transplanted from the Bauhaus (of which he was the last director) to a technical institute in Chicago, from the European(...)
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17 October 2001 to 20 January 2002
Mies in America
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A profound thinker, painstaking artist, and one of the greatest architects in history, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938, when he was already in his fifties and one of the recognized masters of his profession. Transplanted from the Bauhaus (of which he was the last director) to a technical institute in Chicago, from the European(...)
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CI007
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The Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and his students collection documents Mies's work as an architect, a designer and a consulting architect, between 1918 and 1981, as well as the work of his students at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, between 1938 and 1943. The collection is focussed on Mies's architectural projects and exhibition designs, mainly in Germany and in the United States.
1918-2000
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and his students collection
CI007
Synopsis:
The Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and his students collection documents Mies's work as an architect, a designer and a consulting architect, between 1918 and 1981, as well as the work of his students at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, between 1938 and 1943. The collection is focussed on Mies's architectural projects and exhibition designs, mainly in Germany and in the United States.
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Collection institutionnelle
1918-2000
6 November 1998
textual records
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig
ARCH104176
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correspondence, biographical note, announcement of Mies van der Rohe's appointment as Director of the School of Architecture at the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago, release
1938
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig
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ARCH104176
Description:
correspondence, biographical note, announcement of Mies van der Rohe's appointment as Director of the School of Architecture at the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago, release
textual records
1938
textual records
textual records
textual records
textual records
textual records
textual records
textual records
Mies van der Rohe
ARCH217041
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clippings
1960-1969
textual records
1960-1969
textual records
Mies van der Rohe
ARCH217042
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clippings
1960-1969
textual records
1960-1969
photographs
Mies van der Rohe
DR2002:0013:007
portrait
ca. 1940
photographs
ca. 1940
portrait